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Monday, August 15, 2011

We had a awesome time at the Flea Market in Elkhorn, Wisconsin yesterday! It's a huge market and takes hours and hours to walk through. The weather couldn't have been more perfect. Sunny and about 80 degrees.

I found treasure! Lots of treasure! Old lace, vintage hankies, sweet little buttons and more! This was a bag of appliques, pretty little crocheted pieces and trim. Perfect for crazy quilting!

Next, I found yards and yards of narrow lace in different colors:

Then, some little bags of lace for $1.00 each:

Next, I found some sweet little buttons and check out that bunch of vintage millinery grapes! Can't wait to use that on a crazy quilt piece!

I also found some pretty vintage hankies. The small one are for mom for her door pillows. The pink one and the one with the roses are for my crazy quilting:

Last but not least, I found a few interesting pieces. The needlepoint piece is for mom to make something out of. The baby applique is for mom as well. I thought she could make a pretty little baby pillow out of it. Last, I found that lace table runner. I'll share with mom. There's a lot we can do with that!

It was a really fun and nice day of treasure hunting! Click on the pictures to enlarge them and see things up close!

Oh, I am sooooo totally drooling over those millinery grapes! IN...MY...DREAMS!!!What a lovely haul, and I bet those lace yardages came from Home-Sew. I used to buy a lot from them and that was how it was bundled.Have fun!!!

How I envy you your flea markets! It's not that I need any more stash, but there's a lot of truth to the old adage that the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence (ie. new stash is better than the old).